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Premier Scott Moe is assembling a team to help inform him as the Canada-United States-Mexico agreement (CUSMA) review will begin on July 1.
The Premier’s Advisory Council on CUSMA has already hosted a session working with anyone in Saskatchewan who has a stake in the agreement, or significant exports to the U.S.
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The negotiations will be led by the federal government.
Moe said the council has been assembled to inform the federal government of what Saskatchewan’s priorities are before negotiations begin.
“Hope is not a plan,” he said. “This is part of the plan to ensure that we can find our way to a more robust and open free trade environment.”
Moe said the council is hosting consultations from members from agriculture, steel, manufacturing, energy, and trade and export.
He said a person who exports trampolines across the 49th parallel has seen challenges due to steel tariffs.
Moe said the United States is Saskatchewan’s largest trading partner with 54 per cent of goods going south last year.
The province said it brought in $23.5 billion, with top export products including crude oil, potash, canola oil and uranium.
Provincial trading with Mexico brought in $949 million in 2025.
Through some of the prior negotiations, Moe believes he can see where some of the federal government’s priorities during bartering will lay.
“I think Canada’s focus has most certainly been on some relief in those in that sectoral tariff space to really a show of goodwill,” he said.
Moe said the province will have specific round table discussions with sectors who are facing tariffs in the coming weeks.
While 95 per cent of Canadian goods are guarded by CUSMA now, Moe said the percentage has been impacted by current tariffs.
Moe said the “grievance tree” will be made public on all sides when bartering starts in the summer.
“This is a strong agreement for families on both sides of the 49th parallel, and really does add value and opportunity to the economic security that we share,” he said.
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